The Technology Vent and Rant Thread - Page 108

Calenorn · 10-04-2023, 03:09 PM

I think so. But they did NOT send me an email!!!!

DNSB · 10-04-2023, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Do they broadcast it over the radio and TV?

Yes, the news item I saw mentioned the test would be on radio and TV as well.

DNSB · 10-04-2023, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Calenorn

I think so. But they did NOT send me an email!!!!

Why the heck would they send you an email? You really want the government to be have a list of every valid email address?

Not to mention that it's an emergency notification system and most people do not check their email every 10 seconds.

Renate · 10-04-2023, 04:59 PM

These alerts are usually used for "Amber alerts" with a missing child.
They usually tell you to be on the lookout for a 1999 Yugo Omnivore or something.
Since this is all text and not all of us are used car dealers we have no idea what said vehicle looks like anyway.

BetterRed · 10-08-2023, 08:05 PM

Elsewhere on MR the debate on epub page counts continues.

Given web pages and ebook-derivatives are akin to a papyrus scroll, perhaps the cubit might be a better unit of measure for ebook size

A cubit is a tad under half a metre.

DNSB · 10-08-2023, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Elsewhere on MR the debate on epub page counts continues.

Given web pages and ebook-derivatives are akin to a papyrus scroll, perhaps the cubit might be a better unit of measure for ebook size

A cubit is a tad under half a metre.

Considering the nature of some of the posts about ebook page counts, it might be better to start a new thread in Politics and Religion. One with room for those atheists who do not believe in the One True Page Number.

Terisa de morgan · 10-09-2023, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Considering the nature of some of the posts about ebook page counts, it might be better to start a new thread in Politics and Religion. One with room for those atheists who do not believe in the One True Page Number.

Taking into account that I'm an atheist at other aspects of my life (specially at work, I don't have faith in software working fine at first time), it makes sent to be an atheist on this too

--Excuse the wrong use of prepositions.

John F · 10-09-2023, 07:11 AM

Video streaming services (Hulu) with commercials/ads that stop to ask (with a countdown timer) you which commercial you want to watch.

madelonw · 10-09-2023, 12:50 PM

I've managed to totally screw up the built in ebook reader in Calibre. Is there a way to reset it to the default?

ownedbycats · 10-09-2023, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by madelonw

I've managed to totally screw up the built in ebook reader in Calibre. Is there a way to reset it to the default?

Each section of the ebook-viewer preferences has a 'restore defaults.' I don't know if you can reset it all at once without messing with appdata files. Ask in the Calibre forum.

DNSB · 10-09-2023, 04:15 PM

You might want to try clicking on Reset Interface at the bottom of the first ebook-viewer preferences which resets most of the preference items to their default values.

JSWolf · 10-10-2023, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Elsewhere on MR the debate on epub page counts continues.

Given web pages and ebook-derivatives are akin to a papyrus scroll, perhaps the cubit might be a better unit of measure for ebook size

A cubit is a tad under half a metre.

It's not a debate. It's more of advice.

token_01 · 10-12-2023, 07:03 AM

Why do people insist on recommending Calibre for library management when Calibre is objectively awful?

It does conversion (well, depending on the format) and library management (very poorly). It reminds me of iTunes which was also very bad and bloated software.

Hitch · 10-12-2023, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by token_01

Why do people insist on recommending Calibre for library management when Calibre is objectively awful?

It does conversion (well, depending on the format) and library management (very poorly). It reminds me of iTunes which was also very bad and bloated software.

Lack of other, free or affordable or ? options???? That's always been my view. People will recommend a lousy but free product unto death, rather than suggest that spending a few bucks might have value instead.

Hitch

John F · 10-12-2023, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by token_01

Why do people insist on recommending Calibre for library management when Calibre is objectively awful?

It does conversion (well, depending on the format) and library management (very poorly). It reminds me of iTunes which was also very bad and bloated software.

It may be objectively awful, but for many it is subjectively the best. Could you recommend a better library manager AND format converter that integrates well with Kobos?

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,825 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Elsewhere on MR the debate on epub page counts continues. Given web pages and ebook-derivatives are akin to a papyrus scroll, perhaps the cubit might be a better unit of measure for ebook size A cubit is a tad under half a metre. Last edited by BetterRed; 10-08-2023 at 08:09 PM.

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10-04-2023, 03:09 PM	#1606
Calenorn Brash Fumbler Posts: 1,203 Karma: 9224939 Join Date: May 2013 Device: NST, Kobo Mini	I think so. But they did NOT send me an email!!!!

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10-09-2023, 07:11 AM	#1613
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,962 Karma: 71261339 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Video streaming services (Hulu) with commercials/ads that stop to ask (with a countdown timer) you which commercial you want to watch.

10-09-2023, 12:50 PM	#1614
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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,973 Karma: 169810634 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You might want to try clicking on Reset Interface at the bottom of the first ebook-viewer preferences which resets most of the preference items to their default values.

10-12-2023, 07:03 AM	#1618
token_01 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Several	Why do people insist on recommending Calibre for library management when Calibre is objectively awful? It does conversion (well, depending on the format) and library management (very poorly). It reminds me of iTunes which was also very bad and bloated software.